youre right people kill people not guns but in the same way you cant say why do people get all worked up over a gun its just an object the same applies with why do people get all worked up over faggot its just a word theyre both loaded and are designed to cause harm faggot has baggage as a homophobic slur it is not on the same level as the word the or the word cat god could i have sounded any more patronizing in that last comment im sorry